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Note: indicated routes are approximate. Use official topographic maps for
navigation.

This is a walk from the somewhat informal Nerriga entrance of Morton
National Park to Yadboro Flat, taking in many of the best bits of the
Budawangs: Hidden Valley, the cliff-faces of Mount Haughton, Mount Tarn, Mount
Cole, Monolith Valley and (for the energetic and those blessed with better
weather) The Castle.

There's an excellent campsite a few hundred metres after crossing The
Endrick River at roughly ENDRICK 454040 - it's flat and grassy. We, of course,
camped a few hundred metres short of that, on the verges of the 4WD track and
didn't discover the fantastic campsite until the next morning.

The Corang map (8927-3N) and this OpenStreetMap page show a track
running around the northern side of Mount Cole and into Monolith Valley. We
completely failed to find the way through from the Mt Cole camping caves and
ended up bush-bashing around the base of DonJon Mountain and investigating
every potential gully, until climbing up beside a creek on the eastern side on
a compass bearing perpendicular to the marked track. We were clearly not the
first people to do this, as we kept finding knots tied in the Xanthorrhoea
fronds along the track, but it's definitely not advisable. If you zoom in on
the map above you'll see the wrong way shaded red, and the supposed correct way
in yellow.

The place-markers on the map above show the route travelled at a pretty
relaxed (and in some cases, lethargic) pace. The party in this case consisted
of Rob Gray, Glen Turvey and myself, and the slow pace
allowed plenty of time for photography. See Rob's and Glen's sites for other
perspectives on the walk. We spent about four days poking around Cooyoyo Creek,
Monolith Valley and The Castle saddle.

Note: The map above is just a rough guide. The marked locations and
route may be highly inaccurate. If you want to do this walk, get hold of the
proper topographic maps and use them to plan your walk in conjunction with a
reputable guide book.